Spandan Samaj Seva samiti

Spandan is the spurt of a dream that was planted in the soul of a woman that abhorred inequality and injustice and was impulsive to take sides of marginalized. This charted the course and shaped the Mission " to empower the marginalized in a manner that they are able to secure their Human & Constitutional Rights and lead a life of dignity."Spandan a grassroots organization began its journey of development with nutritionally vulnerable Korku tribe of Madhya Pradesh being troubled by scores of their children dying of malnutrition. The initial effort to draw government attention to this crude reality wasn't easy neither savoured. The years of observations, studies and community learning revealed that ghastly household hunger gnawed at the doorsteps of most of the poor ready to devour more children.The Hunger scenario has loomed larger and has assumed chronic character. The rapid acculturation of a hunter-gatherer tribe that settled at the end of nineteenth century has found it difficult to find the nutrition they had from their earlier habitat. The tribal millets too being forgotten the community nutrition is becoming worse and manifesting with more childhood malnutrition and deaths. 60% of their children under five underweight, 45% stunted and 30% wasted tells the story. Their language and consequently their culture are endangered too.Spandan has endeavoured to address this pathos with a theory of change that strives on one hand to relieve the immediate nutritional emergency while on the other hand has directed its Vigor at pro –poor democratically dictated Advocacy & Lobb

Mission. Spandan Samaj Sewa Samiti (Spandan) was founded in 2002 by Seema and Prakash as a response to the alarming issue of acute malnutrition among children of the Korku tribe Page | 3 Spandan Samaj Seva Samiti – Project Kilkari in Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh. Initially focusing on the Khalwa block, Spandan played a pivotal role in bringing government attention to this pressing challenge. Over the years, Spandan has evolved into a prominent community-centered organization, addressing critical issues such as hunger and food security, health and nutrition, women's empowerment, skill development, and livelihood promotion. The impactful work of itsfounders, Seema and Prakash, has earned them recognition as Right to Food Fellows and recipients of the prestigious Ashoka India Fellowship. In 2014, Seema was honored with the Stree Shakti Samman- Rani Lakshmi Bai Puraskar by the Government of India for her exemplary contributions. Today, Spandan operates across Khandwa and Burhanpur districts with a dedicated team of 40 professionals, continuing its mission to empower communities and foster sustainable development. Core area(s) of Business: Child Health, Women Livelihood, Revival of Traditional Crops and Millets, Climate change mitigation, Conservation of the Korkulanguage, Behavior Change Communication, and capacity building of grassroots government staff like Anganwadi workers, Governance, Sports promotion in schools, We ensure that we continually advance and accelerate our actions so that we deliver and exceed expectations.

• Health
• Gender equality
• Climate and environment
• Livelihoods and employment
• Agriculture and food systems

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